Lawyer gets off lightly in drink-driving case

A French lawyer who stalled his car in the middle of the road at Port Hercules while over the drink-drive limit has been fined €800 by Monaco’s criminal court. The thirty-two-year-old jurist had faced a penalty of between €1,000 and €1,500.

The incident took place on May 3, at about 1 am, not far from police headquarters, as the lawyer was driving towards Nice after a night out in Monaco. Although the lawyer managed to restart his vehicle, the police quickly arrived on the scene to breath-test him having observed the driver’s erratic conduct on CCTV.

A major construction project is about to start at one of Monaco’s busiest road junctions. From February 13, preliminary work will begin on the corner of boulevards Princesse Charlotte and Suisse in order to facilitate the excavation of a pedestrian tunnel to and from the railway station.
This ambitious project is intended to relieve congestion that pits pedestrians against traffic at the present exit to the station. The Sainte Devote bus stop in front of the Armida Palace will be moved about 20 metres onto the bridge, before returning to its present position after the end of the work, which is expected to last 22 months.
During this period, part of the sidewalk will be closed, while a number of parking places will also be lost. Some major work, including the installation of temporary construction site buildings, will take place at night.
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The C-Star ship, which has been involved in anti-migrant operations off Libya, may be coming to Nice. A number of citizens are already up in arms at the possibility.
The All Citizens association said; “We refuse to allow Nice to become the backbone of a racist and murderous enterprise.”
The C-Star vessel, carrying extreme-right Italian, French and German activists, has been sailing in the Mediterranean since July 7 when it lifted anchor from Djibouti. Under the slogan "Defend Europe", the Generation of Identity group wants to push migrants' boats back to Africa and prevent the work of NGOs that have been picking up migrants and taking them to safety in Europe.
C-Star has been in Malta, but plans to return to the sea. The ship could go to France, Croatia, Rome or Barcelona. Toulon has also been touted as a possible port of call.
All Citizens has appealed to the prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes, the captaincy of the port of Nice, the chamber of commerce and industry, which manages the port and the Nice-Côte d'Azur Metropolitan Area to prevent the C-star from calling at the port of Nice. (Home page image: Twitter Defend Europe)